For the purposes of this blog, homonyms are simply different songs with the same title. And for the purposes of my sanity, I'm limiting each post to two songs, however many there may be that fit the bill.
Today, a little something from The Who's proto-concept album A Quick One. Unusually for the band, In The City was written by Keith and John; indeed, only they originally played on it, though Pete added some overdubbed guitar later. A bit Beach-Boys-lite in places, it was originally the B-side to I'm a Boy in 1965, before making it onto the album a year later.
And then there's The Jam's debut single, a song that needs no further introduction. Now I'm not saying Weller is a magpie (I've said that before) but listen carefully to The Who track from around the 1m45 mark, then get into The Jam's opening line... it's just a tiny snippet, but it's note for note. Anyway, forget that - this is still fantastic, nearly 50 years later. Will it ever not be?
Other artists with noteworthy songs called In The City, to name but a few, include: Madness (brilliant), Razorlight (not brilliant), Adamski (not for me), Elastica (not their best) and, er, Hanson (not as bad as you might expect).
Here's three more...
ReplyDeletehttps://youtu.be/aPYCl7GcNpg?si=-Cbb4MZGw-AxuhoR
https://youtu.be/FMuBIT-zklM?si=h5WgOIZwb1gAXMYF
https://youtu.be/rV5zRS0gUZk?si=5KjbmmMhvHs-JtKQ
Excellent. Good Shoes, Cocktail Slippers and The Lost Brothers, all new to me, cheers.
DeleteNot my favourite Who song so it would struggle to stand up to the Jam's corker anyway - but still a great pairing; I love that little nod to the former from the latter too that you point out.
ReplyDeleteAnd I'll hopefully remember what homonym means now too!
I almost went with Madness and The Jam, because the Madness In The City is also a corker.
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